Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 1 John 4:7
“I’m always inclined to believe that the best was of knowing God is to love a great deal.”
Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) in Life According to Vincent, edited by Nienke Bakker and Ann Blokland (Van Gogh Museum) 167.
Today’s my sister’s birthday. Happy Birthday Heather. I hope you have a great day.
I felt this painting of two couples captured the heart of today’s post. To love a great deal is not easy.
People are difficult and even unlovable a lot of the time, even those close to us, who step on our toes or push our proverbial buttons. To be generous then is to choose to love a great deal.
Pause. Think of someone right now that’s hard to love.
Choose today one way you can love that person a great deal. Go do it and process with the Lord how you come to know Him better in so doing. Tell someone close to you what you learned. Inspire them to try it.